Anchor: STORY OF HOPE AND
HEARTBREAK.
THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BIO THINK ABOUT THIS.
Anchor: UNSOLVED MYSTERY
THAT ROCKED METRO DETROIT FOUR
DECADES AGO.
I THINK THERE IS A MOUNTAIN
OF EVIDENCE THEY WOULD NEVER
TELL US.
Anchor: WHAT IS DONE TO
FIND THE KILLER?
Anchor: THE FAMILIES OF
THESE FOUR CHILDREN HAVE
SUFFERED WITHOUT CLOSURE FOR 40
YEARS.
AS INVESTIGATORS CHASED LEAD
AFTER LEAD AFTER LEAD IN THEIR
HUNT FOR OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD
KILLER.
ONE FAMILY LAUNCHES A SOCIAL
MEDIA EFFORT IN HOPES OF FINDING
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.
DEFENDER KEVIN DIETZ LOOKS BACK
AT THE CRIMES, SUSPECTS, AND
WHERE THE SEARCH FOR MICHIGAN
MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER
GOES FROM HERE.
Reporter: NEXT WEEK IS 40
YEARS OF SOME OF THE AREA'S
DARKEST DAYS.
TIME WHEN OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD I
WILLER WAS TRAVELING THE AREA
ABDUCTING AND KILLING CHILDREN.
FOUR DECADES LATER THE CASE IS
STILL UNSOLVED.
MARK STEBBIN.
JILL ROBINSON, CHRIS MAHALLIK,
TIMOTHY KING.
FOUR CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES OF 10
AND 12 ACDEDUCTED AND HELD FOR
DAYS AND KILLED IN A 13 MONTH
PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY OF 1976 TO
MARCH OF 1977.
IF YOU LIVE HERE AT THE TIME YOU
KNOW THE STORY.
THE ENTIRE REGION WAS FROZEN IN
FEAR OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD
KILLER.
TODAY 40 YEARS LATER, THE
MURDERS ARE UNSOLVED.
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS TOLD ME
TIME AND AGAIN OVER THE YEARS,
FINDING THE KILLER IS A CYCLE OF
HOPE AND HEARTBREAK.
I THINK THERE IS A MOUNTAIN
OF EVIDENCE, THAT, IN FACT, THEY
WILL NEVER DIVULGE TO US AS
FAMILY.
JO WANT THE CASE SOLVED BY
CON JECK TERAND SUSPICION I WANT
TO KNOW THE FACTS.
THERE IS NOT A DAY THIS GOES
BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT
THIS.
Reporter: THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF SUSPECTS OVER THE
YEARS N AUGUST OF 1999, AS A
YOUNG REPORTER I FLEW WITH A
TEAM EXPERTS TO RECLUES WYOMING
TO EXHUME THE BODY OF THEN PRIME
SUSPECT DAVID NORBERG.
MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT GUY BUT
HE IS A SUSPECT.
AND WE HAVE DNA.
AND YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AND DO
THIS.
Reporter: AS WORKERS DIG
INVESTIGATORS STAND GUARD.
THEY KNOW THIS MAY BE THE BEST
AND FINAL CHANCE TO SOLVE THE
CASE OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD
KILLER.
BROOKS PATTERSON THE PROSECUTOR
DURING ABDUCTIONS ORGANIZED THE
TRIP.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG SHOT.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE IT IS A
SHOT THAT WORTH TAKING.
Reporter: DNA SAMPLES TAKEN
AND TESTED AND NO MATCH.
AND THE INVESTIGATION MOVED.
THE KING FAMILY FIRST REPORTED
SEEING A BLUE GREMLIN THAT FOR
DECADES WAS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED
WITH ABDUCTIONS.
TODAY FEW INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
A GREMLIN WAS INVOLVED AT ALL.
THE KINGS HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
AND FATHER KING STARTED A BLOG
CALLED A FATHER'S STORY.
THEY BELIEVE SUSPECT CHRISTOPHER
BUSCH CONVICTED PEDOPHILE THAT
LIVES IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS WAS
RESPONSIBLE.
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1978
SHORTLY AFTER TIMMY'S DEATH.
EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE INCLUDED
BLOODY EXPOSE DISTURBING DRAWING
THAT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE
VICTIM MARK STEBBINS.
I AM NOT GUILTY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I KNOW HOW
THE STATE POLICE TWIST WORDS TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE.
Reporter: IN 2012 THE
DEFENDERS BROKE THE STORY OF
JAMES GUNNELL MOLESTED BY BUSH
AND IS A MATCH TO A HAIR FOUND
ON VICTIM CHRIS MAHALLIK.
THAT MEANS THAT HAIR BELONGS TO
GUNNELL OR A RELATIVE ON
MOTHER'S SIDE.
SEEMS CLEAR YOU HAD SOME
KNOWLEDGE.
Reporter: IN JULY THAT YEAR
PROSECUTOR JESSICA COOPER TOLD
US ABOUT ARCH SLOAN AND 1966
BONNEVILLE.
HAIR IN THAT CAR IS DNA EVIDENCE
TO -- MATCH TO EVIDENCE IN TWO
SCIENCE.
SLOAN SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR
MOLESTATION.
HAIR IS NOT HIS.
POLICE BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO AN
ACQUAINTANCE OF HIS.
MANY TWISTS AND TURNS THROUGH
THE YEARS.
BUT THE FAMILIES STILL SAY THEY
ARE FRUSTRATED.
AT SOME POINT THEY NEED TO
EXTEND THAT OLIVE BRANCH TO THE
FAMILIES.
AND, AT MINIMUM, LET US KNOW
WHAT THEY HAVE.
Reporter: KING FAMILY IS
EWING TO MAKE PUBLIC ALL OF THE
RECORDS THAT POLICE AND
PROSECUTORS HAVE.
AND THEY HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC
WILL ABLE TO READ THEM.
AND HELP TO SOLVE THE CASE.
AND CASE IS STILL ACTIVE AND
OPEN.
AND HEADED UP BY MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE.
THEY SAY TIPS CONTINUE TO COME